by Amy Brandt | Apr 28, 2019 | Career, Profiles, Training, Viral Videos
If you could ask a professional dancer’s advice for starting a ballet career, what would you want to know? Earlier this month, Walnut Hill School for the Arts celebrated its 125th anniversary with a gala performance of students and alumni at New York...
by Amy Brandt | Feb 25, 2019 | Career
On a crisp day in late October, the studio air is thick and hot as dozens of sweaty dancers finish up grand allégro at New York City Center. Despite the fact that many of them are jet-lagged, there is a palpable, positive energy throughout the studio. Teaching class...
by Rachel Hellwig | Dec 5, 2018 | Everything Nutcracker, Profiles
Oh, Nutcracker… It’s the ballet experience that unites us all, from young student to seasoned pro. Whether you made your entrance in a mouse costume or under Mother Ginger’s skirt, do you remember the choreography and costume of your very first role?...
by Claudia Bauer | Jan 28, 2016 | Career, Profiles
This article originally appeared in the February/March 2016 issue of Pointe. Murphy and Stiefel. Ogden and Côté. Osipova and Polunin. Ballet inspires as many thrilling partnerships offstage as on. Company romances are so common, in fact, you might say...
by Nancy Wozny | May 31, 2010 | Company Life
In three brief years, Houston Ballet’s Joseph Walsh has become a dancer to watch in works as different as William Forsythe’s The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude and Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon. (His recent debut as Des Grieux earned raves.) Houston Chronicle critic...